Press Release

Gate Gourmet to Test 'Flight-Gourmet' Meal Concept Onboard Delta Song Flights

MEMPHIS, TN, April 14, 2003 - Starting tomorrow, Gate Gourmet will offer passengers the opportunity to purchase restaurant-quality breakfast, lunch and dinner selections on certain Delta's "Song" flights, as a part of a three-month test of its 'Flight Gourmet' meal concept.

From April 15 through July 31, 2003, Delta's Song customers traveling on flights between New York JFK and West Palm Beach will have the opportunity to purchase gourmet-style meals. Additional Song destinations offering Flight Gourmet meals will be phased in over the three-month test period including flights between JFK and Orlando, Boston and Philadelphia, JFK and Tampa, Boston and Tampa, Atlanta and JFK, and Boston and Orlando.

Founded in 1992, Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent airline catering, hospitality and logistics company with dual headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, and Reston, VA, USA. The company has substantially expanded its products and services recently through acquisitions and strategic investments. The portfolio now includes cabin service ware (deSter); comfort/entertainment items (Harmony); packaged food components assembled in central production units (Supplair); design and delivery of brand-linked customer environments (Performa); service staff recruitment and training and crew leasing (Elan); aviation services such as cabin cleaning, aircraft washing and deicing and passenger services (Fernley/IAS); catering security (Gate Safe); business applications (eGate Solutions); and supply chain optimization (partnership with Pourshins).